Dust buildup causes explosion, 5 deaths: $1.84M OSHA fine
A Wisconsin company disputes the severity of a $1,837,861 OSHA fine following an explosion that killed five employees at its facility.
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Dust ignites, worker dies from severe burns; $211K OSHA fine
Combustible dust led to the death of a paper manufacturer employee. OSHA says the company “must take prompt and effective steps to ensure that this never happens again.”
Equipment touches power line, worker electrocuted; $448K OSHA fine
An employee died from injuries sustained while working with equipment that touched an overhead power line. A worker for the same company suffered injuries previously in a similar incident. Now the company faces almost half-a-million dollars in OSHA fines.
Even more changes from OSHA’s new injury reporting requirements
Turns out OSHA made some additional changes to procedures surrounding injury reports.
Fatality & previous injuries puts company in severe violator program
An engine cooling manufacturing company has been placed in OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP) following a fatality last year and previous serious injuries to workers. The company now also owes OSHA $210,000.
Fatality follows near-miss: OSHA names company severe violator
Near misses are a chance to learn and improve your safety measures. But this company neglected to heed the warning, and a worker’s life was lost as a result.
Finger amputations lead to OSHA inspection, $822K in fines
OSHA says this company “has shown a pattern of defiance” toward safety standards since 2000. When you add the latest OSHA fines to the company’s previous ones, the total come to more than $1 million.
Finger amputations lead to OSHA inspection: $1.76M in fines
A huge OSHA fine, a “severe violator” label and public shaming by the U.S. Secretary of Labor. Not a good day for the U.S.’s largest furniture manufacturer, and it all started with one worker’s finger amputations.
Half-million dollar OSHA fine: Worker without PPE falls to his death
OSHA is issuing maximum fines to a structural steel company after a 22-year-old ironworker fell to his death just weeks after starting his job.
Half-million in OSHA fines – violations include combustible dust problems
OSHA has issued $477,900 in fines to Alfa Laval Inc. for 50 violations at its Broken Arrow, OK, plant. OSHA says the company has failed “to make needed changes to its safety program.”
Hand cut off in conveyor: Worker sues employer
Previously, we told you Publix Super Markets faced $182,000 in OSHA fines following the amputation of an employee’s hand. Now, the worker is suing the supermarket chain. What are her chances of having her lawsuit go forward?
Labor Secretary exit message: Reject false choice of profits or safety
Workplace injuries and illnesses must not force families out of the middle class. That’s the message from Labor Secretary Thomas Perez as he prepares to leave office.
Nearly $700K in OSHA fines following struck-by fatality
OSHA says if a company hadn’t disabled a machine guard, a 32-year-old worker who was struck and killed by a part would be alive today. Now the company faces a huge fine due to per-instance citations.
OSHA and company reach settlement in fatal building collapse
A company has agreed to take several safety steps and pay a fine in connection with the collapse of its building last year that claimed the lives of two employees.
OSHA cutting small businesses a break on fines
A year-and-a-half ago, OSHA instituted new policies aimed at increasing average amounts for certain types of safety and health fines. After reviewing the results, the agency is making one change that actually will cut some businesses a break.
OSHA develops rules to kick companies out of VPP for deaths, injuries
The controversy has been brewing for years, but now OSHA has announced what it will do going forward when it finds a company in its Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) has had a fatality or multiple injuries.
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